The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.
Tis much to gain universal admiration; more, universal love.
When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.
There is no wilderness like a life without friends; friendship multiplies blessings and minimizes misfortunes; it is a unique remedy against adversity, and it soothes the soul.